The English short-title catalogue : past, present, future / edited by Henry L. Snyder and Michael S. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Snyder, Henry L., 1929-2016.

Smith, Michael S.

Series:

AMS studies in the eighteenth century ; no. 42.

AMS studies in the eighteenth century ; no. 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

ESTC (Project)--Congresses.

ESTC (Project).

ESTC/NA (Project)--Congresses.

ESTC/NA (Project).

English short-title catalogue--Congresses.

English short-title catalogue.

English imprints--Databases--Congresses.

English imprints.

Databases.

English-speaking countries--Imprints--Databases--Congresses.

English-speaking countries.

Early printed books--English-speaking countries--Bibliography--Databases--Congresses.

Early printed books.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : AMS Press, [2003]

Contents:

I. The ESTC: Past, Present, and Future

A Brief History of the English Short-Title Catalogue in North America / G. Thomas Tanselle 3

The Future of the ESTC: A Vision / Henry L. Snyder 21

Affordability Lost: Paying for Higher Education, Culture, and the ESTC / John W. Haeger 33

The Origins of the ESTC: The Case for Vision / Michael Crump 45

II. The ESTC in Practice

The ESTC in Practice: A Bibliographer's Perspective / David L. Vander Meulen 67

The ESTC: A "Literary" Perspective / J. Paul Hunter 75

Doing Research with the ESTC: A Ph.D. Student's Perspective / Michael S. Smith 83

The ESTC in Practice: A European Perspective / J. Michael Smethurst 91

III. Histories of the ESTC

A History of the ESTC in North America / Henry L. Snyder 105

NAIP & ESTC: The North American Imprints Program of the American Antiquarian Society and the Eighteenth-Century Short-Title Catalogue / Marcus A. McCorison 155

The ESTC and Eighteenth-Century Literary Scholarship / Paul J. Korshin 169

IV. Reports from the Public Record Office

The Public Record Office Canvass for the ESTC / Henry L. Snyder 193

Reports by Alastair Massie and Martin Saunders: The ESTC/PRO Project: Report on Chancery Lane Search 197

Chancery Lane: The Report 199

List 1 Classes in Which all Relevant (or Possibly Relevant) Pieces Were Searched 210

List 2 Classes Sampled and Rejected 213

List 3 Selective List of Classes Containing Material Related to the Eighteenth Century but Rejected on the Strength of their Descriptions in the Lists 214

The ESTC/PRO Project: Report of the Search at Kew 223

PRO Progress Report, October to December 1988 243

PRO Material Relating to Printing 260

The ESTC/PRO Project: Final Report, 3 January to 10 February, 1989 263

Appendix 1 ESTC/NA Board Members 273

Appendix 2 International Committee Members 277

Appendix 3 Grants Awarded to the ESTC 279

Appendix 4 Attendees of the 1998 ESTC International Conference, January 21, 1998, New York City 281.

Notes:

"Papers delivered at a conference at the New York Public Library on January 21, 1998, together with some personal histories of the ESTC in North America and reports of the canvass of the Public Record Office."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0404635423

OCLC:

50913211